MARLOW, Albert Wilfred
| Service Number: | 2363 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 October 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mologa, Victoria, September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mologa, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mologa Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 17 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mologa War Memorial, Pyramid Hill Mologa East State School No 1836 Roll of Honour WW1, Pyramid Hill RSL Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2363, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2363, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2363, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2363, 38th Infantry Battalion, Warneton |
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"...2363 Private Albert Wilfred Marlow, 38th Battalion. Pte Marlow enlisted on 2 October 1916 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916 and was killed in action on 17 July 1917 at Messines, Belgium. Five brothers, all farmers, enlisted from the Marlow family of Mologa Victoria with only two surviving. The other four were: 2123 Private (Pte) Charles Edward Marlow, 38th Battalion killed in action on 26 April 1918; Lieutenant Allan Sharp Marlow who returned to Australia on 19 August 1919; 119 Pte Percy Place Marlow, 38th Battalion, who returned to Australia on 27 May 1919 and 2748 Corporal George Tennyson Marlow, 2nd Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, died of wounds on 21 September. Allan and Percy Marlow were twins." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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